Amy Hook-Therrien

About the Artist

Amy Hook-Therrien grew up in Chelsea, Vermont, where she formed deep connections with the forests surrounding her. She studied art at the University of Maine in Orono, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting. After her graduation, Amy returned to rural Vermont to immerse herself in nature and painting. 

Amy has been featured in numerous publications and has shown her work in galleries throughout New England. In 2019, she was granted the Abenaki Artists Association’s Artist of the Year Award, and since 2022 she has been an Artist-in-Residence at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, Vermont. Amy is currently focusing on watercolor landscape painting that portrays nature’s tranquility and fragility. 

She is a member of Vermont Hand Crafters, Vermont Abenaki Artists Association, Vermont Watercolor Society.

She most recently illustrated the 2024 book Gluskonba and the Maple Trees by Joseph, James, and Jesse Bruchac. 

Sources: Gluskonba, Amy Hook-Therrien